Slumdog Millionaire (DVD) Reviews

Ok so before I even begin this review I feel I need to tell you that this is a film only review as I watched this film on the plane home from my Honeymoon and I do not own the DVD so have not watched any features. I'm not sure what I expected from the film but I certainly was surprised when watching it as it was crazy. I thought I was going to ...  Read the complete review

Director: Danny Boyle Co-Director in India: Loveleen Tandan Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy Novel: Vikas Swarup Genre: Drama - Romance Country: UK Certification: 15+ Language: English/Hindi MAIN CAST: Ayush Mahesh Khedekar [Jamal - child] Tanay Chheda [Jamal - teen] Dev ...  Read the complete review

When this film was first released i was totally unsure and to be perfectly honest i did not have any motivation to see it. Even though all my friends told me i had to see it it did not appeal. My other half told me it was one of the best films he had ever seen and after it winning lots of awards and of course being a British film with such ...  Read the complete review

Slumdog Millionaire A Danny Boyle film (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) This film introduces 18 year old Jamal Malik, who is awaiting his chance to win 20 million rupees, in the final stage of the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Unfortunately, the shows host Prem Kumar doesn't believe that a ...  Read the complete review

I thoroughly enjoyed Slumdog Millionaire from start to finish. The film has a fast pace and follows a rags to riches story through the guise of the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" gameshow. The gameshow however is secondary to the drama of the main characters' lives. The story of these characters' lives is told as flashbacks ...  Read the complete review

Jamil Malik is a boy from the slums of India, and he is about to take his country by storm. Jamal manages to get onto the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and stuns everybody with the amount he appears to know. Soon, Jamal is getting ever closer to winning the top prize, but people are starting to become suspicious - is Jamal ...  Read the complete review

Having heard all the hype about this movie, I've wanted to see it for ages! And last night, I finally did! To be honest, it was a completely different movie to what I was expecting. Thinking back to the advertising of this movie, it seemed like a 'straight forward' love story, but in reality it is a story filled with tragedy and hardship. ...  Read the complete review

~ Love and Money ~ Slumdog Millionaire was one of the most talked about films of 2008 and has had a lot of media coverage. I rented the film from the local DVD shop about five months ago whilst babysitting my little brother. I really wanted to go and watch it in the cinema but never really got round to it. The cinemas are just ...  Read the complete review

What was the big deal about this film? I knew from reviews that it was cutting edge, addressed all the issues in the slums and was a completely new genre of film related to to Mumbai with a pinch of romance. What did i see? A game of Who wants to be a Millionaire whereby the main character works his way through questions; after winning he is ...  Read the complete review

I have wanted to see this film for some time now just to see what all the hype was about but ever the bargain hunter I was not prepared to pay full price for it, as you will probably guess the price has now dropped so last night I bought and watched it. The film is about Jamal who has appeared on the Indian version of who Wants to be a ...  Read the complete review

I had wanted to watch this film for some time now and finally I got round to it, and am soooooo pleased I did. Danny Boyle is amazing as always with his work. The film has such great cinematograhy, vibrant and captivating from the begining and throughout. The filming itself is unique in style, drawing the viewer into the actions and ...  Read the complete review

This film had alot to live up to after all the hype surrounding it and in the past I have felt very let down by films like this but I was sooo pleasently surprised by this film. It is not like any other film I have seen so it feels fresh compared to all the sequals and re makes hollywood is producing right now. At times it is hard to watch because ...  Read the complete review

It wasn't hard to resist seeing this film when it was released last year. Overhyped films usually fail to garner my interest. As soon as I see one of those adverts where there are 73 quotes from various media's, I immediately think there is disappointment just round the corner. One that has made it from those adverts onto the sleeve of the DVD ...  Read the complete review

Slumdog millionaire has been quite hyped up and won a number of oscars - justifiably I think. Mainly because it's quite a different movie to what you normally come across. Set in India against severe poverty, we see the poor Jamal go through many hardships along with his brother in a quest to find his love Latika. Some of the scenes are ...  Read the complete review

Honestly I wasn't expecting to like this movie and put off seeing for ages until my husband ordered it on his Lovefilm account. I thought it was really hyped up at the time it came out and that usually seems to lead to a bit of a disappointment when you come to watch it. So sceptically I settled to watch and I was sucked right in from ...  Read the complete review

Slumdog millionaire is a film i think i could watch time and time again, strange really as there are many moments in the film (where Jamal's life is being shown) that are incredibly sad. However the film was not created in the sense of the audience feeling sorry for Jamal but instead you want to back the boy all the way to the top. The film ...  Read the complete review

In this film we see the problems that affect so many people in India with corruption and vice and that of the mafia and that there always is problems in the world. This film makes it clear that the only way out of this world of drugs and mafia is to win the lottery. Our protagonists, two children, saving a lot of obstacles to reach Jamal, a TV ...  Read the complete review

Slumdog Millionaire will undoubtedly be remembered as one of 2009's best films. Danny Boyle's latest delight is somewhat different to his other films, but still contains the same amazing cinematography that brought his other films such as 28 Days Later to life. The story is nothing short of genius, incorporating all of the life lessons ...  Read the complete review

Jamal is a street child who wins the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". The host notifies the police that Jamal won by cheating, which he did not. Jamal then has to explain how he knew the answers to the questions. The answers are all tied in to events in his life. As a child Jamal lived on the streets with ...  Read the complete review

Did anyone say overrated? I think they did! Okay, so this is a GOOD film. It's not an AMAZING film by any stretch of the imagination. The acting is great, especially from the child actors (who, are still in poverty at this very minute - Danny Boyle, you really are a superstar) who make the film. Dev Patel, from Skins fame, ...  Read the complete review